Grammar Flashcards

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verb present affirmative/negative conjugation

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ます/ません

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what kinds of verbs are there

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activities (swimming),
changes (got married),
continuous states

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〜ている (activity verb)

A

action in progress

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~ています (activity verb)

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occupation/habit (routine)

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_____さんはいまべんきょうしています

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______ is studying right now

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______さんはえいごのほんをよんでいます

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_____ is reading a book in english

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今、何をしていますか

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what are you doing right now?

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私はえいごをおしえています

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I teach English/I am teaching English (right now)

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_____さんはまいにちにほんごをべんきょうしています

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_____ studies Japanese everyday

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(食べ)ている present affirmative (he is eating)

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(食べ)ています

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(食べ)ている present negative (he is not eating)

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(食べ)ていません

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(食べ)ている past affirmative (he was eating)

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(食べ)ていました

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(食べ)ている past negative (he was not eating)

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(食べ)ていませんでした

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〜ている (change verbs)

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result of a change

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_____さんはけっこんしています

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______ is married

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_____さんはまどのちかくにすわっています

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______ is seated near the window

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Person A has a body part which is…

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A さんは (body part) が (adjective)

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〜ましょう (end of sentence)

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Let’s

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〜ましょうか (end of sentence)

A

shall we?

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〜てもいいです(か)

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you may (may I)

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る verbs て form

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る –> て

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う, つ, る verbs て form

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う, つ, る –> って

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む, ぶ, ぬ verbs て form

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む, ぶ, ぬ → んで

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ぐ verbs て form

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いで

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く verbs て form
いて (exception いく → って)
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す verbs て form
して
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する て form
して
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くる て form
きて
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〜てください
please do it.. for me??
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Describing two activities
use て form for the first half, second half ends with the verb in the proper tense
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〜から
because; (situation sentence)。 (because) から。
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using て form to combine adjectives
い adjective い → くて な adjective な → で this replaces the 'and' in the sentence
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verb present affirmative short form (よみます)
dictionary form (よむ)
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い adjectives present affirmative short form (かわいいです)
Drop です (かわいい)
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な adjectives present affirmative short form (しずかです)
Replace です with だ (しずかだ)
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noun + です present affirmative short form (がくせいです)
Replace です with だ (がくせいだ)
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い adjectives present negative short form (かわいい)
drop です (かわいくない)
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な adjectives present negative short form (しずか)
drop です (しずかじゃない)
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noun + です present negative short form (がくせい)
drop です (学生じゃない)
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る verb present negative short form (食べる)
drop the る and add ない (食べない)
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う verb present negative short form (かく)
drop the u and add anai (words that end in う get わ) (かかない)
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ある present negative short form
ない
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verb past affirmative short form (食べる) (よむ)
replace て form endings て and で with た (食べだ)(よんだ)
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い adjective past affirmative short form (かわいい)
replace い with かった (drop the です) (かわいかった)
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な adjectives past affirmative short form (しずか)
replace long form でした with だった(しずかだった)
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verbs past negative short form(よむ)
replace final い with かった so it would be aなかった(よまなかった)
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い adjectives past negative short form (かわいい)
replace final い with かった so it would be くなかった(かわいくなかった)
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な adjectives past negative short form (しずか)
replace final い with かった so it would be じゃなかった(しずかじゃなかった)
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noun + です past negative short form (がくせい)
replace final い with かった so it would be じゃなかった(学生じゃなかった)
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〜とおもいます
i think that...
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word order
Subject (が part) + object (を, に, へ, and と part) + verb, i.e. SOV, is the basic structure. Temporal nouns and locations (に and で parts of sentences) are placed at the beginning. Supplementary information should be between subjects and objects. The は part of the sentence should be placed at beginning. In conversation, word order often varies. Verbs are always placed at the end.
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〜と言っていました
they said
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〜ないでください
please dont
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how to say someone likes, doesn't like, is good at, or is not good at something
person は activity (verb) のが (likes/is good at (or not)) です
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they said
〜と言っていました
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please don't
〜ないでください
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〜と思います
I think
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I think
〜と思います
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〜と言っていました
they said
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they said
〜と言っていました
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a person who ____
adjective with ている followed by ひと
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